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| Nice attacker not yet linked to Isis, says French minister | |
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| No links have yet been established between Islamic State and the Tunisian delivery driver who killed 84 people in Nice last week, the French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, has said. | No links have yet been established between Islamic State and the Tunisian delivery driver who killed 84 people in Nice last week, the French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, has said. |
| Thousands of people, including the prime minister, Manuel Valls, gathered on the Nice seafront at noon to observe a minute’s silence as part of the final day of a three-day period of national mourning. | |
| The ceremony has been overshadowed by a growing political debate about the government’s response to terrorism, and there were jeers as Valls and local politicians departed. BFMTV reported that placards in the crowd were calling for the French president, François Hollande, to resign. | |
| Cazeneuve suggested to France’s RTL radio that the attacker, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31, was radicalised too quickly to be picked up by the French authorities. | Cazeneuve suggested to France’s RTL radio that the attacker, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31, was radicalised too quickly to be picked up by the French authorities. |
| “We cannot exclude that an unbalanced and very violent individual” [has been] through a rapid radicalisation, committed to this absolutely despicable crime,” he said. | “We cannot exclude that an unbalanced and very violent individual” [has been] through a rapid radicalisation, committed to this absolutely despicable crime,” he said. |
| On Saturday, Isis claimed responsibility for the attack, and said Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was one of its followers. But Cazeneuve said links between the attacker and “terrorist networks … have not yet been established by the investigation”. | On Saturday, Isis claimed responsibility for the attack, and said Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was one of its followers. But Cazeneuve said links between the attacker and “terrorist networks … have not yet been established by the investigation”. |
| Six people are being detained in connection with the attack, including a 38-year-old Albanian suspected of providing Lahouaiej-Bouhlel with a pistol he used to fire at police. | Six people are being detained in connection with the attack, including a 38-year-old Albanian suspected of providing Lahouaiej-Bouhlel with a pistol he used to fire at police. |
| Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was shot dead after deliberately driving a 19-tonne truck through a crowd of people at a Bastille Day firework display on Nice seafront. | Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was shot dead after deliberately driving a 19-tonne truck through a crowd of people at a Bastille Day firework display on Nice seafront. |
| The attack comes eight months after Isis terrorists killed 130 people across Paris, and 18 months after three days of terror at the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket killed 17. | The attack comes eight months after Isis terrorists killed 130 people across Paris, and 18 months after three days of terror at the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket killed 17. |
| Related: We in France must face terrorism without losing our soul | Nathalie Goulet | Related: We in France must face terrorism without losing our soul | Nathalie Goulet |
| Former president and main opposition leader Nicolas Sarkozy said that “everything that should have been done the past 18 months was not done”. | Former president and main opposition leader Nicolas Sarkozy said that “everything that should have been done the past 18 months was not done”. |
| “We are at war, outright war. So I will use strong words: it will be us or them,” he said. | “We are at war, outright war. So I will use strong words: it will be us or them,” he said. |
| Hours after the attack, Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right Front National, said France had done “absolutely nothing” to counter Islamic extremists. She also called for a war against Islamic fundamentalism and said Cazeneuve should resign. | |
| Cazeneuve said such remarks were a “shameful” breach of the three-day period of national mourning. Without naming Sarkozy or Le Pen he said: “Certain members of the political class have not respected the mourning period. Arguments broke out right away which personally saddens and shocks me.” | Cazeneuve said such remarks were a “shameful” breach of the three-day period of national mourning. Without naming Sarkozy or Le Pen he said: “Certain members of the political class have not respected the mourning period. Arguments broke out right away which personally saddens and shocks me.” |
| The government has sought to fend off criticism by claiming that security at the Bastille Day event was high. | The government has sought to fend off criticism by claiming that security at the Bastille Day event was high. |
| Last week a French parliamentary inquiry criticised numerous failings by the intelligence services following jihadi assaults in January and November last year. | Last week a French parliamentary inquiry criticised numerous failings by the intelligence services following jihadi assaults in January and November last year. |
| Over the weekend it emerged that Lahouaiej-Bouhlel took pictures of himself at the wheel of the truck before the attack and shared them by text message. More than 200 investigators are working on identifying the recipients of the messages. | Over the weekend it emerged that Lahouaiej-Bouhlel took pictures of himself at the wheel of the truck before the attack and shared them by text message. More than 200 investigators are working on identifying the recipients of the messages. |
| French investigators are also looking at the level of preparation undertaken by Lahouaiej-Bouhlel after it emerged that he was seen by CCTV cameras on Nice’s seafront Promenade des Anglais twice in the two days before the attack. | French investigators are also looking at the level of preparation undertaken by Lahouaiej-Bouhlel after it emerged that he was seen by CCTV cameras on Nice’s seafront Promenade des Anglais twice in the two days before the attack. |
| At least 10 children were among the dead, as well as tourists from Ukraine, Switzerland, and Germany. A local Russian association said there were about 10 victims from Russia. | At least 10 children were among the dead, as well as tourists from Ukraine, Switzerland, and Germany. A local Russian association said there were about 10 victims from Russia. |
| The health minister, Marisol Touraine, said 85 people were still in hospital, including 18 in a critical condition. | The health minister, Marisol Touraine, said 85 people were still in hospital, including 18 in a critical condition. |